Now, think about a jewelry design that personifies each and every one of them.

Last spring, we began looking at the upcoming trends for fall/winter 2013 to determine which jewelry-making projects we wanted to offer our customers.

Whereas our 2013 spring/summer projects were based on the season’s color trends, this time around, we noticed interesting tones and moods emerging…personalities…and quickly, sketch pads and iPads opened.

Yvonne M. Padilla and Ashli Brooke Taylor began creating. What emerged were designs fit for the classic beauty, the graceful rebel, the free-spirited nomad. Not trendy pieces, but pieces that emulated the wearer.

12 projects for fall and winter with lots of personality.

“Although Modernism, especially Process Art and Minimalism, fuel my own personal style, I’m influenced by Baroque and Classical art and architecture,” Ashli says, which you can see in her “Bent Nail” earrings and her “Copper Silhouette” pendant.

Ashli’s influences include the extravagant designs of Alexander McQueen to the clean Art Deco lines of Frank Lloyd Wright to the sculptural, textural, and mixed media looks of Issey Miyake.

Stone-set Argentium earrings…ornate and flirty.

Yvonne’s influences bombard her 24/7 (seriously, I never see her without a sketchbook or camera): An Argentium class with Ronda Coryell led to the dark, flinty, romantic earring design that was “bouncing around in my head for a while,” Yvonne says.

“The design I’m most surprised by are the “Sunstorm” Druzy Earrings,” Yvonne says. “I knew I wanted textured silver and black pearls, but I was struggling with the main stone. I sketched an idea, showed it to a co-worker and she helped me pick the white druzy.”

Yvonne’s big sky, big clouds seen from her backyard (left) that inspired the “Sunstorm” druzy quartz and pearl earrings (right), fit for a classic beauty.

“One morning I was walking through the grocery store and I spotted a display of inexpensive, fresh roses,” Yvonne remembers. “I immediately saw this over-packed bouquet as a focal piece of some sort.” Yvonne used BRONZclay to sculpt the tiny roses that would be the centerpiece of her pendant design.

Now that we’ve shown you some great jewelry projects for fall/winter, be sure to check out our latest contest on Pinterest, our Show Us Your Fall/Winter Fashion Trends contest! (It’s a long title, but the prizes are big!). You can win $50, $100, or $200 in credit with us here at Rio Grande. Imagine what you can make with that! Details are on our Pinterest board. And hurry, the deadline is August 15.

And while you’re at it, tell us what fall/winter looks are inspiring you!

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Start the new year right by immersing yourself in an array of new and popular returning classes offered for the 2015 Rio Grande Winter Workshop series. Make a day or two of it, or plan to take a whole week! The classes, demonstrations and tours lined up for the week of Winter Workshop give you lots from which to choose. Gain a new skill—or hone a skill you’ve already got. Browse through today’s post to find out more, and reserve your seat early!

Ashli Brooke Taylor created her Baroque-inspired Copper Pendant using the Bonny Doon hydraulic press. This innovative and powerful tool allowed her to direct all hydraulic energy on the design rather than expending her own physical energy on forming the metal with a hammer. After you see Ashli’s beautiful results, you’ll be asking yourself what YOU can do with a Bonny Doon!